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BLUESCHILD BABY
by Cain, George
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a near fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, St. Louis, San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First printing. Fine in a near fine jacket.. First edition of the acclaimed novel about a Black man just released from prison, "the bright boy of infinite promise [...] and the very old parolee of twenty-two, who sees little difference between the prison world and the world outside." Addison Gayle Jr. of THE NEW YORK TIMES praised BLUESCHILD BABY as "the most important work of fiction by an Afro-American since NATIVE SON." The title has enjoyed enduring popularity, and was recently reprinted in a new edition with a preface by Leslie Jamison, who called it a "powerful literary account of addiction." 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth binding with silver spine lettering. Original unclipped ($6.95) color pictorial dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Red topstain. 202 pages. Touches of rubbing and toning to jacket. Single tiny neat tape repair to verso of jacket. Else clean, sharp, and sound.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51034
- Title
- BLUESCHILD BABY
- Author
- Cain, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, St. Louis, San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- 20th century,1970s,1960s,Post-WWII,US American,African American author,African American subject,Drug Culture,Civil Rights
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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